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Topics: Ovid Quotes

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the...

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the...

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

A short absence is safest

A short absence is safest

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned

There is a god within us.

There is a god within us.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up...

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up...

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe...

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe...

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

By yielding you may obtain victory

By yielding you may obtain victory

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though...

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though...

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Time is the devourer of all things.

Time is the devourer of all things.